Mixing-bowl holder



17., 1929. W M. HQSTETTER 1,740,401

MIXING BOWL HOLDER Filed July 26, 1928 gva/manto@ Swami,

Patented Elec. l?, 1929 maar PATENT orifice WILLS TIL 'HOSTETTER, OF MIAMI, FLGRL'DA.

IVIIXINGr-BGWL HGLDER Application filed July 26, 1928. Serial No. 295,522.

The invention relates to a device for holding a mining bowl on a table or other support, and is designed for use in kitchens or bakeries to hold a bowl 'tor mixing cakes, pie dough or crust, and the like, and has tor its principal object the provision of a device that is reasonable in cost ot' manufacture, and that is eiiicient in opera-tion, and may be permanently installed in a table top, and when not iu use is capable ot being folded and stored out o the way.

i turther object of the invention is the provision olf mixing bowl holder compris ing a tubular member adopted to be secured in an opening in a kitchen table or other support and having a tubular standard telescopically engaged in said tubular member and clamping arms that are hingedly secured together and adapted to be folded and stored within the standard and tubular mem` ber, said arms being arranged to seat on the top ot the standard and adjusted to tit the top edge ot the bowl, being provided with hooks to engage over said top edge, and held in clamping relation therewith by means of a contractile coil spring connected with said arms and engaging a disk mounted in the tubular member and engaging against the bottom edge ot1 the standard when the arms are in bowl engaging position, a cover disk being secured to one of the arms and adapted to close the opening in the table top when the arms are in collapsed position within the standard and tubular member.

rl`he invention will be described in detail iereinaiiter and will be found illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a central vertical sectional view orp the mixing bowl holder showing the device in position when not in use,

Figure 2 is a similar view showing the device in position for clamping a bowl,

Figure 3 is a top plan view of the device, and

Figure fi is a sectional detail on a plane indicated by the line i-t of Figure 2.

1n the drawings similar reference characters are used to designate `Correspending parts throughout the several views.

The mining bowl holder is shown applied to a conventional table top shown :fragmentarily in Figures 1, 2, and 3 and designated 1, said top having an opening therethrough as shown at 2 with an offset portion Storming a shoulder l on which is seated or supported a tubular member 5 by means ot an outwardly directed annular flange 6 engaging said shoulder 4. 7 indicates a tubular standard that is slidably mounted in the tubular member 5 and provided with an outwardly directed annular tlange 8 that seats upon the flange G when the standard is in a lowered position as shown in Figure 1, and forms a support for the clamping arms 9 when the member is in position, as shown in Figure 2 to engage and hold a bowl on the table top l. 10 indicates a stud or pin secured to the tubular standard 7 and slidably engaging in a longitudinal slot 11 in the tubular member 5.

Arms 9 are hingedly secured together as shown at 12, and the pintle of the hinge member is extended and formed with a tapered end 13 to engage in a tapered recess lei in a lug 15 extending inwardly ot the tubular standard 7, this construction providing for locating the hinged portions of the arms 9 and prevent transverse movement of the arms when in clamping position as shown in Figure 2. The free ends ot the arms 9 are provided with upwardly and inwardly eX- tended hooks 16 to engage o ver the edge of a mixing bowl. 17 indicates a contractile coil spring having one of its ends secured to links 18 that are connected as shown at 19 to the arms 9, while the other end of the spring 17 is secured to a threaded bolt 2O that is loosely passed through a disk 21 that is movably engaged in the tubular member 5, and when the device is in the position shown in Figure 2 engages against the lower end of the tubular standard 7 to stress the spring 17 and hold the arms 9 clamped in position on the bowl as heretofore described. rIhe tension of the spring 17 may be regulated by the adjustment of the thumb nut 22 on the bolt 20. 23 indicates a cover disk to close the upper portion of the opening` 2 in the table 1 when the device is in inoperative position as shown in Figure 1, said cover disk being connected to one of the arms 9 by means of a chain or other flexible member 24. 25 indicates reeesses arranged on opposite sides of open? ing 2 in the top of the table top 1 to re-V ceive the linger and thumb or other means for engaging the cover disk to remove it from its position in the opening when it is desired to use the holder for the purpose stated.

It will be understoodv that in use when the cover disk 23 is raised from its position in the top of the opening 2 that the arms 9 will be pulled out or' the standard 7 thereby raising the disk 21 into engagement with the lower edge of the standard and continued raising of the arms 9 will raise the standards until the stud 10l reaches the upper end of the slot 11. When the standard 7 reaches its highest position, the arms 9 will then be raised relatively to the standard against the tension of the spring 17 and are seated on top ot the standard in the position shown in Figure 2 and may be adjusted relatively to one another to tit the bowl to be held, and furthermore that they may be raised against the tension of the spring 17 and moved on a tulcrum formed by the pointed end 13 of the hinge pintle in the socket 14 so that the hooks 16 will engage with the top edge or' thebowl, it being understood that the adjustment of the device will be such that the arms 9 will be raised relatively to the top edge of the standard 7 sufriciently to have the spring 17 under tension when the edge of the bowl is engaged.

What is claimed is 1. A mixing bowl holder, comprising a tubular member, a tubular standard slidable in said member, arms hingedly connected and' adapted to be supported on said standard and to be housed within the standard, and resilient means engaging said arms to hold them in engagement with a bowl.

2. In combination with a table top having an opening therein, a tubular member supported-in said opening, a tubular standard slidably mounted in said tubular member,

means to limit the movement of said standard in said member, clamping arms hingedly connected and adapted to be supported on said standard and to engagea bowl on the table top, and resilient means engaging said arms to hold them in clamping engagement with the bowl.

3. In combination with a table top having 

